Coverage: Real Life Emergency Scenarios for First Responder Trainees
Published Wednesday, March 30, 2016Video coverage of the Immersive Total Patient Management Exercise from Wednesday and Thursday at MCC's Downtown Center. MCC students created life-like scenarios to aid in the training of tomorrow's first responders and medical professionals. Channel 3 AZ Family coverage of "Real Life Emergency Scenarios for First Responder Trainees." and Channel 3 AZ Family coverage of "First Responders Train...
Poet Josh Rathkamp to host workshop, reading at Art Intersection
Published Tuesday, March 29, 2016As part of a series celebrating National Poetry Month, poet Josh Rathkamp hosted a community writing workshop at the Art Intersection Gallery in downtown Gilbert, AZ on Thursday, April 7. During the workshop, participants learned how to “overcome writers block and use art and rituals as a form of creative inspiration.” Poet Josh Rathkamp.pdf
Coverage of "D-backs Hire Their First Female Athletic Trainer"
Published Tuesday, March 29, 2016The Arizona Diamondbacks have hired their first female athletic trainer. She works at MCC. The team announced Tuesday Kelly Boyce has been hired as the minor league athletic trainer for the team's Rookie League Team. 12 News, Diamondbacks hire 1st female head trainer _ 12NEWS.pdf and Tempe Wrangler News, AthleticTrainerWranglerNews.pdf and D-backs hire their first female athletic trainer -...
MCC Theatre Presents "Picnic"
Published Monday, March 28, 2016Mesa Community College Theatre and Film Arts Department will present the play “Picnic” at 7:30 p.m. April 22-23 and 28-29 and at 2 p.m. April 23 and 30 at the MCC Theatre on the south side of MCC’s campus, 1833 W. Southern Ave. in Mesa. Tickets, ranging from $9 to $12, are available by calling the MCC Box Office at 480-461-7172, online at mesacc.edu/arts or at the door. Mesa Community College...
Cosmic Fractures: Beatriz Cortez's Simultaneous Realities
Published Thursday, March 24, 2016In artist Beatriz Cortez's installations, cracks and crevices are a consistent clue to the fractured existence she has experienced in her life. As an immigrant artist, Cortez says that living in Arizona taught her about how difficult it is for immigrants to negotiate daily life in an environment often hostile to outsiders. “The community of students [at Mesa Community College in Arizona] really...
Jaguar Club of Central Arizona -- Internships Offered to MCC Auto Performance Students
Published Thursday, March 24, 2016Bryce Bond, Mesa Community College, automotive performance faculty member, and Robert Bronstein, president of the Jaguar Club of Central Arizona (member of the Jaguar Clubs of North America), announced their collaboration in extending several internships to MCC automotive performance students beginning in April, according to a press release. Jaguar Club of Central Arizona internships offered _...
Knock on Wood: James Schwarz Hopes to Dazzle with Woodchip Mosaics
Published Tuesday, March 22, 2016James Schwarz is currently studying ceramic art at Mesa Community College and chiseling his way into the heart of the local art world with his woodchip mosaics. Knock on Wood_ James Schwarz Hopes to Dazzle with Woodchip Mosaics _ Visual Arts _ The PHiX.pdfKnock on Wood_ James Schwarz Hopes to Dazzle with Woodchip Mosaics _ Visual Arts _ The PHiX.pdf
MCC Children's Center Receives Highest Rating
Published Monday, March 21, 2016The Children’s Center at Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Ave., has received the highest rating of five stars from Quality First Arizona – a signature program of First Things First. Mesa Community College Children’s Center receives highest rating _ Mesa Independent.pdf
For 11th Year, Avnet to Award $30,000 in Scholarships at Annual Avnet Tech Games
Published Monday, March 21, 2016Teams of college students from Arizona’s universities, community colleges and technical schools will gather for the 11th annual Avnet Tech Games to compete in computer configuration, data analytics, robot construction and other STEM-based challenges. Student teams from Arizona State University, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Grand Canyon University, ITT...
Coverage of Baseball Star Kris Bryant Pranks a College Team as ‘The Transfer’
Published Monday, March 21, 2016Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant paired up with Red Bull to prank the Mesa Community College baseball team by posing as a European transfer student ready to poach at-bats from the Thunderbirds. Thunderbirds coach Tony Cirelli told his players that "Roy Nabryt" ("Roy" for Bryant's NL Rookie of the Year honor in 2015 and "Nabryt" as an anagram of "Bryant") was a "big donkey with crazy power." Though...